Subject：You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.

迷你對話

A: You have never tried your best in your work! How can you make progress.

你在工作上從來沒有盡力，你怎么可能取得進步呢？

B: You have said the saying to me many times: You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. But I ...

“做任何事情不努力的話，是得不到結果的。”你已經說過很多遍了，可是我......

地道表達

You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.

1. 解詞釋義

此句是美國的一條諺語。字面意思是“想吃煎蛋卷，就得打雞蛋。”跟中文中說的“天下沒有白吃的午餐。”意思相近。引申為“不破不立”“欲達目的，必付代價”“有得必有失”。

2. 拓展例句

A: I failed in the final exam because I had not studied too hard.

我沒有很用功學習，我考試沒有及格。

B: Now, you learn the lesson. You cannot make omelet without breaking eggs.

現在你知道錯了呀，做任何事情不努力的話，是得不到結果的。

Ps 1：make progress的意思是“取得進步”。例如：

Modesty helps one to make progress, conceit makes one lag behind.

虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落后。

This was a refusal to change, to make progress.

這就是墨守成規, 不愿進步。

Ps 2：try one’s best的意思是“努力，盡力”。例如：

I try my best, but the coach finds fault with everything I do.

我已經盡力了，但是教練仍然百般對我做的每一件事挑剔。

We must try our best to lay his doubts.

我們要盡力消除他的顧慮。